Child Obesity

We launched this campaign to coincide with National Child Obesity Awareness Month (September). The campaign draws attention to the often irreversible, lifelong consequences of obesity during childhood. The idea of trapping a child in an obese version of him or herself, made of an outline of their seat, is meant to startle physicians in the hope that they will have these difficult conversations with parents more often and urgently. All too often, physicians don’t see the lifestyle habits of children as something that has the power to dramatically influence the rest of their lives. Although Type 2 Diabetes and other weight-related chronic disorders don’t emerge until years later, the most profound opportunity to prevent them happens early on.